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"May the circle be unbroken, may vajra brothers and sisters be so happy to know each other through the circle of initiation. May they be gentle and helpful. Bonds of commonality are discovered in strong practitioners sharing the same root lama who facilitates the changes in the inner life force DNA to Buddha spiritual DNA. For some, it is likely that karma from the past has created the opportunity to meet each other again in this life with the same lama. Be nice to them because you will be with them again. Bring only positive karma to your relationship in thought and action" ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~

“You know the rubber bands around broccoli? I keep them because they are so substantial that they really invite themselves to be kept, and yet I rarely use them. Why? Because when stretched, they are too strong. Like that, just now, you have been pulled away from everyday activities, and our time here holds us together like a broccoli rubber band. At any moment, the compression will be released and we will all come apart from our gathering. Ping! You go back to Google drifting, TV, your books or your knitting, whatever it is that holds you there, but you have been stretched to be with us here, which is not bad” ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~

excerpt from Power of Prayer http://www.white-conch.com/mm5/merchant.mvc? in English

"Meaningful change only comes at the cost of realizing that you cannot both change and remain the same. Most people wish for things to change, but they themselves do not want to change. They only want something added to their lives. This is not meaningful change, and as practitioners and meditators, or people who pray for world peace, you cannot remain the way you are now" ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~

“Uncovering your view. In deeper levels of meditation, new inner methods open to uncover your personal view, then trains to perceive reality that allows reality to change your view. This is the actual change. However, there are many transitional stages before reality can be presented. There are many valid transitional stages needed to achieve and experience. that is why meditation and the path is a process rather than just a beginning point and a goal. That is why it is called a path” ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~

“Why would I be concerned about compassionate speech? It would be better to just speak less and pray for others more to achieve the desired results. That is not true, because it is an important part of both main reasons to be alive as a human being. The first is to learn the true nature of compassion, and the second reason is to learn how to get along with others. Compassionate speech strikes both causes of why you, specifically, are here in the human realm” ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~

The five senses used correctly are stable bases for the experience of this world. The five inner bases are the bases for the outer senses and are the true sense bases. However, there are many more inner senses that belong to higher development and are not suitable for human life. Most of these have no preparation stage for development in the human realm and are introduced after enlightenment.

In fact, too soon an introduction to them can cause inappropriate linking of human life and perceptions of higher development. The fascination with psychic can cause one to become stuck in cyclic existence and power techniques, instead of clear and meaningful changes needed to become the one ready for transformation.

Development toward full awakening of Buddhahood is a human preparation activity and not the thing itself. Hence, introduction to emptiness of the illusory is given to break that fascination before (or to avert) the creation of unusual karmic consequences. These karmic ties are …

"We should have more careful personal criteria regarding burnout. You can't say, “I’m burned out because I am too compassionate. I shouldn’t be so compassionate.” Not like that. We should also not demand a lower standard of effort for our self so that we do not become burned out. We also should not get caught in a no win situation, where doing our work to the best of our ability we burn out, but not doing our best, we haven't done it well enough. That wouldn’t be fair!"~Domo Geshe Rinpoche~~~

Rinpoche is a reincarnate Lama of the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The Domo Geshe lineage includes Je Pabongka Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and the great Geshe Jampa Chombe. Rinpoche has been teaching for a number of years, and holds numerous retreats and spiritual trainings each year. The current Western incarnation of Domo Geshe Rinpoche arrived through rare and powerful tantric methods in order to transmit the authentic Dharma in the Western cultural context. This incarnation of Rinpoche is considered unusual in that she arose as an adult, a Westerner, and a woman.
Rinpoche is Founder and spiritual director of White Conch Dharma Center, with branches in USA and Germany. She also founded Grand Transitions Institute and Hospice. She is author of Mystery of Emptiness & Love and Red Lotus, Buddhist Wisdom. She travels much of the year to teach, and otherwise resides at her Hermitage in central Wisconsin where personal and group retreats are given.